RE: [TCLUG:7853] dead motherboard?

[Tim Wilson <wilson@chemsun.chem.umn.edu>]

On Wed, 25 Aug 1999, Schoenhofen, Kelly wrote:

> Well, in my experience, any short will stop the cpu fans and usually the
> power supply fan. As far as no beeps or nothing - speaker work? plugged into
> the motherboard? I'd pull out all the cards and ram, and see if you can get
> it to make a sound. It's a compaq, so there is likely going to be onboard
> video & such, so if something integrated literally burned out there is a
> good chance the system is a complete loss. 

I did pull everything out, including drives, memory, etc., just trying to
hear a single beep or something. There are very few jumpers on this
motherboard. They basically just do the settings for the CPU. (I'm sure
the settings are right.) There isn't any onboard video on this machine. 

I did just notice that the keyboard lights flash when I turn on the power.
I check for loose screws...no improvement.

-Tim

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